'Generation' in the Bible

And the lord praised the unrighteous steward because he had done prudently. For the sons of this world are, for their own generation, more prudent than the sons of light.

But first he must suffer many things and be rejected of this generation.

Verily I say unto you, that this generation shall in no wise pass away until all come to pass.

And with many other words he testified and exhorted them, saying, Be saved from this perverse generation.

In his humiliation his judgment has been taken away, and who shall declare his generation? for his life is taken from the earth.

For David indeed, having in his own generation ministered to the will of God, fell asleep, and was added to his fathers and saw corruption.

that ye may be harmless and simple, irreproachable children of God in the midst of a crooked and perverted generation; among whom ye appear as lights in the world,

Wherefore I was wroth with this generation, and said, They always err in heart; and they have not known my ways;